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Poetry
Barren and Dry
Earth, all barren and dry,
Its cracks…so deep,
Is she about to cry?
Thirst was in its high,
As the rains fell asleep
Earth, all barren and dry.
Ignored by the cloudy sky,
She couldn't help but weep,
Is she about to...
Poetry
Mundasu Kavi
Born was a boy, to a simple family,
In the tiny town of Ettayapuram,
Having lost his mother early in his childhood,
Subramanyam was brought up by his father.
An intellect that his father was,
Pushed him to studies,...
Poetry Styles
Tautogram
The tautogram is best explained by its Greek root words of “tauto” meaning “the same” and “gramma” meaning “letter”. Basically, all words in the poem begin with the same letter.
Poetry
Culinary Cacophony
Coffee concoction craving cups,
Chilly crushed chutneys
Culinary crying compassion...
Cacophony, commotion.
Collapsing cutleries
Courtesy... Clumsy cooks
Culinary crying compassion...
Cacophony, commotion.
Poetry Styles
Than-bauk
Than-bauk is a Burmese poetry style.
~A Burmese form
~A clever or witty poem
~Three lines, but not necessarily
~Four syllables per line
~The final syllable of the first line rhymes with the third syllable of the second line...
Poetry
Dancing Words
Words danced on sheets
Like on sweets, flies,
Or, streets with dust.
My eyes just ache,
It must, rest well,
Else a hell it's,
To tell, it's hard.
Poetry Style : Than-bauk
Poem initially published in Penmancy for Taleathlon 5 event
Poetry Styles
Lai
Lai is a French form and has the following features:
A 9-line, one-stanza poem, following the aabaabaab rhyme scheme
All 'a' lines have 5 syllables; all 'b' lines have 2 syllables